Detector, radiation

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OBJECT TYPE: BUBBLE/1000 KEV
DATE: 1997
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0058.004

MANUFACTURER: Bubble Technology Industries Inc.
MODEL: STS-86-MIR/ BDS
LOCATION: Chalk River, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PLASTIC POLYMER GEL CONTAINING DROPLETS OF SUPERHEATED LIQUID/ GLASS VIAL/ PLASTIC CAP/ PAPER LABEL/ ALUMINUM STORAGE TUBE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 18.7 cm
Width: 2.6 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Atomic & nuclear
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Bubble
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Chalk River

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: SEPT.-OCT.1997
Canada: CANADIAN DEVELOPED & MANUFACTURED RADIATION DETECTORS, WHICH FLEW ON U.S. SPACE SHUTTLE MISSION STS-86 OF SEPT. 25 TO OCT. 5 1997, TO MIR SPACE STATION. DETECTORS SERVED AS SENSORS IN CREAM (COSMIC RADIATION EFFECTS & ACTIVATION MONITOR) EXPERIMENTS CARRIED OUT ON MIR DURING THAT MISSION.
Function: DEVICE USED TO MEASURE NEUTRON RADIATION. DETECTOR CONSISTS OF TINY DROPLETS OF SUPERHEATED LIQUID DISPERSED THROUGH ELASTIC POLYMER. WHEN DROPLETS ARE STRUCK BY NEUTRONS, THEY FORM SMALL GAS BUBBLES THAT REMAIN FIXED IN POLYMER TO PROVIDE REAL TIME VISUAL RECORD, WITH NUMBER OF BUBBLES INDICATING RADIATION LEVELS. THESE DETECTORS FORMED SPECTROMETER PACKAGE & WERE USED ON SPACE STATION TO MONITOR NEUTRON LEVELS.
Technical: THIS GROUP OF SIX BUBBLE RADIATION DETECTORS FORMS PART OF COMPLETE SPECTROMETER PACKAGE CONSISTING OF 36 DETECTORS, WITH SIX DIFFERENT ENERGY THRESHOLDS. THIS RANGE MAKES THEM PARTICULARLY USEFUL IN MEASUREMENT OF NUCLEAR SPECTRUM IN SPACE, WHERE THEIR INSENSITIVITY TO OTHER CHARGED PARTICLES IS ALSO MAJOR ADVANTAGE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WHITE & BLUE LETTERING ON LABEL READS "BUBBLE/ Technology Industries" WITH BLACK LETTERING & BAR CODE NUMBER ON READING ON.1 "BDS-10 1.1" & "902622";.2 "BDS-100 1.3" & "903195"; 3 "BDS-600 1.6" & "901217";.4 "BDS-1000 1.3" & "902772"; 5 "BDS-2500 1.1" & "901299";.6 "BDS-10000 0.26" & "902693"/ BLUE & METALLIC LETTERING ON TUBE READING "BUBBLE/ Technology Industries", "HWY. 17/ CHALK RIVER, ONTARIO, CANADA K0J 1J0/ TELEPHONE: 1 (613) 589-2456/ FAX: (613) 589-2763", & "STORE DETECTOR IN THIS TUBE/TIGHTLY CAPPED/ STORAGE T RANGE: 10 (DEGREES) C - 30 (DEGREES) C/ 50 (DEGREES) F - 86 (DEGREES) F"
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT GEL & GLASS/ GREEN PLASTIC/ WHITE PAPER/ METALLIC TUBE
Decoration: BLUE & WHITE OR METALLIC LOGO ON VIAL & TUBE RESPECTIVELY READING "BDI"

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Bubble Technology Industries Inc., Detector, radiation, circa 1997, Artifact no. 1997.0058, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1997.0058.004/

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